Plenary Sessions

Spatial Analytics and Business Intelligence

Geospatial moving beyond visualisation

Spatial analytics is more than simply understanding the physical location of key assets on a map. It's about gaining a richer perspective on service offerings, consumer interaction, transactional information, and how location and demographics play a role in the organization's performance. Systematically analyzing relationships between the spatial environment and organizational performance offers a wealth of information; yet, many analysts struggle with spatial analytics because it requires them to blend geospatial data with traditional data sets. Most existing business intelligence and spatial analytics tools simply display spatial data on a map, leaving the analysis between operational data and location to the user. The session will focus on the relationship between spatial analytics and business intelligence with special emphasis on the following points.

Discussion points

Trends and forecast of Business Intelligence market

Technology innovations driving Spatial Analytics industry

Value of spatial analytics/GIS for Business Intelligence applications

Use cases of applying spatial analytics and BI in various vertical domains including utilities, oil and gas, municipalities etc.

Emerging Technologies and Future Trends

Geospatial Industry is impacted by a plethora of technologies today more than ever. Internet-of-Things, Cloud Computing, Big Data, Deep
Learning and Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality, Sensor based technologies
all play a significant role in shaping the way we produce, process
and consume spatial information. With the increase in number of users
for spatial information and technologies, especially as they become more
precise in their demands and sophisticated in their use of spatial data,
it's indeed a good news that our industry is supported by these emerging
technologies that make integration of spatial information with other systems
faster, efficient and precise. This Plenary will divulge for the audience
some of these trends and how they impact our work today.

Discussion points

Trends and forecast of emerging technologies

Technology innovations driving the geospatial industry

Value and utility of geospatial technology (hardware and software) for
vertical industries

Use cases highlighting integration of geospatial with other systems
and processes

Workshop

Workshop on Defence and Security

Geospatial information and technologies play a crucial role in ensuring National Safety and Security. With advancements in sensor based technologies, improvements in deriving precise location information in real-time, higher processing capabilities through machine learning and Artificial Intelligence, advancements in data analytics tools, the nature of modern warfare and security services is changing rapidly. The workshop on Defence and Security during Oman Geospatial Forum will highlight some of the modern tools and techniques available today with the defence and security personnel and how they can ensure efficient functioning for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) capabilities in Oman.

Target Audience:

Border Controls

Civil Defence Departments

Consultants

Customs Officials

Defence Forces - Army, Navy, Air Force

Defence System Integrators

Disaster Management Authorities

Fire Services

Geospatial Technology Providers

Police Force

Seminar

Value of Geospatial Technologies for National Economy

Embedment of geospatial in business processes furthering economic value

In an effort to trace the impact that geospatial technologies are creating in domains that run economies, these sessions will involve presentations by speakers from user domains including defense and security, disaster management, utilities, building and construction, agriculture, retail and banking and other location based services that will very succinctly and precisely share success stories and case studies where in geospatial technologies have brought in substantial return-on-investments for their organizations and helped them achieve their organizational goals in better, faster and more economical ways.

Discussion points

Elucidate success stories of geospatial technologies in various verticals

Discuss the technology trends and ways in which geospatial technology integrates with other business processes

Value and utility of geospatial technology in various vertical domains